Challenges and opportunities for development of an AIDS vaccine.

Abstract

Among the devastating consequences of AIDS has been its epidemic spread in the developing
world. The disease has caused unprecedented suffering, debilitation, loss of life
and disruption of family, social and economic stability. Because of the considerable
expense and logistical difficulty in providing antiviral drugs to populations infected
with the human immunodeficiency virus throughout the world, the biomedical community
is looking towards vaccines to help solve this compelling problem.